Institute Teaching Staff
The staff is noted for its excellence in teaching. While all will teach a number of other classes, they are listed below in their lab partnerships. Both instructors will be involved in every scheduled lab meeting.
Maggie Berthiaume and Robbie Quinn
Maggie Berthiaume is the Director of Policy Debate at Chattahoochee High School (MA). She has coached teams to the elimination rounds of every major national tournament and has several teams qualified for the TOC. In high school, Maggie debated for The Blake School (MN), She was a rare three time qualifier for the TOC, and she reached the late elimination rounds of such major national tournaments as Harvard and the Glenbrooks. As a Dartmouth College debater, Maggie reached the semi-finals of CEDA nationals. In addition to her two first round at-large bids to the NDT, Maggie was also a three time NDT elimination round participant reaching the double octo-finals, then the octo-finals, and finally the quarter finals.
Robbie Quinn coaches at Montgomery Bell Academy. His teams have reached the late elimination rounds of a number of major tournaments and qualified for the TOC. While Robbie was coaching the University of Georgia, they have qualified multiple teams to the NDT and won numerous awards. As a Montgomery Bell Academy (TN) debater, Robbie Quinn was in the finals of Emory's Barkley Forum as well as both the Greenhill and Harvard Round Robin. More impressively, Robbie won the Northwestern, Glenbrooks and Iowa Caucus tournaments, as well as the TOC. As a University of Georgia debater, Robbie qualified for the NDT in the three years that he debated and reached the double octo-finals as a sophomore.
Harkins and Charles Olney
Harkins had an exceptional record debating for Lakeland High School in New York. As a debater at Dartmouth her success continued. She qualified for the National Debate Tournament three times, including receipt of a first round at-large bid, and reached the elimination rounds several times. She also debated in the elimination rounds of several CEDA Nationals. Caroline was one of the best researchers the Dartmouth program has ever had. She graduated from Dartmouth in 2009, and she deferred Yale Law School for a year while serving as an assistant coach for the Dartmouth Program.
Charles Olney coaches at Gonzaga University. He debated at Oak Harbor High School (WA), where he twice qualified for the TOC and advanced to late elimination rounds at a number of national tournaments including the semifinals of Berkeley and the quarterfinals at USC. Charles debated at Whitman College, where he received three first round at-large bids for the NDT, including twice being ranked among the top 5 teams in the country. Charles was the top speaker at the 2003 NDT, where he also reached the semifinals. He won a number of national college tournaments including Fullerton and the Dartmouth Round Robin, where he was also named the top speaker. In addition, he reached the quarterfinals or better of the CEDA National tournament all four years, making the finals in 2003. Since graduating Charles has coached at Michigan State University, Harvard, and Dartmouth. He has coached one NDT champion, two NDT semi-finalists, one NDT quarterfinalist, two NDT octo-finalists, and one NDT double octo-finalist, as well as eight teams who received first round at-large bid recipients to the NDT.
Kathryn Clark Kernoff and Alex Lamballe
Kathryn Clark Kernoff coached at the Bronx High School of Science. As a Valley High School (IA) debater, she twice qualified for the TOC and advanced to elimination rounds her senior year. She also was in late elimination rounds of several national tournaments, including the finals of Greenhill as well as the winning Blake and New Trier. Kathryn also won several speaker awards including 2nd place individual speaker at MBA and New Trier. As a Dartmouth debater, Kathryn received a first round at-large bid for the NDT three times and was twice ranked as one of the top 5 teams in the country. In addition to several very late elimination round appearances, Kathryn won the West Georgia tournament, won the Kentucky Round Robin twice, and also won the Dartmouth Round Robin. Kathryn cleared at the NDT three years in a row and is the only college debater to reach the final round of the CEDA national tournament for three consecutive years.
Alex Lamballe debated for Wake Forest University, where is is currently an assistant coach. He was a high school debater for Montgomery Bell Academy, twice qualifying for the TOC and winning the NFL national championship. Alex represented Wake Forest at the NDT four times, twice with first round at-large invitations. He won the 2008 NDT and finished second in 2009. His other tournament victories include the Kentucky Round Robin, USC, Fullerton, and West Georgia.
Rob Mulholand and Olsen
Rob Mulholand was very successful as a debater for Celebration High School (FL); he won a number of tournaments and qualified for the Tournament of Champions. He went on to debate at Northwestern University, where he reached the late elimination rounds of several major tournaments, including the finals of Georgia State. Rob received a first round at-large bid to the NDT, where he reached the quarterfinals. He is currently a graduate assistant coach at the University of Georgia.
While debating at Mountain View High School (AZ), Olsen qualified twice qualified for the TOC and NFL Nationals. He was in the late elimination rounds of national tournaments including Berkeley, USC, Redlands, Lexington and EGR. As a Dartmouth debater, Kade twice received a first round at-large bid for the NDT twice and was ranked as a top five team in the country. He won the Gonzaga, West Georgia, Kentucky Round Robin, and Liberty tournaments. Kade was second at the Kentucky Round Robin, West Georgia, Fullerton, Wake Forest, and CEDA nationals. He also was a top 10 speaker at a number of national tournaments. Kade was a finalist in the 2008 NDT. He is currently an an assistant coach at Dartmouth.
Varsha Ramakrishnan and John Turner
Varsha Ramakrishnan coaches at University School of Nashville (TN) and previously coached at Stratford Academy (GA). As a Vermillion high school debater in South Dakota she won the stat championship twice - one time as a sophomore. Her success continued as a debater at Michigan State University when she qualified for the NDT and reached late eliminations of tournaments such as Fullerton and Northwestern. She also won the Wayne State University debate tournament's costume contest for coming as an inflatable shark, but more prestigiously won Fullerton's annual Spirit of Forensic's award for her amiability. This kindness has won her the loyalty of all of her debaters, but it's her keen research and teaching skills that have earned her debaters unmatched winning records. Her teams have won the Greenhill and Pace Round Robin, earned 10 TOC bids in a single year, been top speaker of the TOC, and qualified to all of the national championship tournaments.
As a Beaverton High School (OR) debater, John Turner won the Oregon State Tournament as a second year debater. As a Dartmouth Debater, John was in late elimination rounds of several major national tournaments, including the finals of Harvard. He was awarded a first round at-large bid recipient to the NDT, reaching the octo-finals there and later the semi-finals of CEDA nationals. As a Dartmouth coach, John had teams to the late elimination rounds of major national tournaments, including the final round of CEDA nationals three times. In addition to coaching 12 teams to qualifying for the NDT, he has coached six first round at-large bid recipients, two NDT double octo-finalists, three NDT octo-finals and two NDT quarter-finalists. John is now a graduate assistant coach at the University of Georgia.
Nicole Serrano and Ken Strange
Nicole Serrano coaches at Montgomery Bell Academy. As a Nicolet (WI) debater, she reached the late elimination rounds of Wake Forest, Harvard, and NFL Nationals. She also qualified for the TOC. As a debater at Dartmouth College she reached the late elimination rounds of tournaments such as Northwestern, Wake Forest and Kentucky as well as winning the University of Northern Iowa tournament. As a high school coach, Nicole has coached two teams to the top 6 at NFL nationals, as well as coached a team to the semi-finals or better at every major national high school tournament, including the TOC. She has also coached students to numerous top ten speaker awards, including a top five speaker at the Glenbrooks, Harvard, Emory University's Barkley Forum, Massachusetts' State, and NFL's tournaments.
Ken Strange is the director of debate at Dartmouth College. He has coached eight teams to the finals of the NDT, including 3 NDT champions. He also coached about a dozen NDT semi- finalists, three CEDA Nationals finalists, and a number of top ten NDT speaker award winners. In every one of the 29 years that Ken has coached at Dartmouth, he has had at least one first round at-large team to the NDT, including five Copeland Award winners, and in each year he has had teams winning elimination rounds at the NDT.
Institute Teaching StaffThe staff is noted for its excellence in teaching. While all will teach a number of other classes, they are listed below in their lab partnerships. Both instructors will be involved in every scheduled lab meeting.
Maggie Berthiaume and Robbie Quinn
Maggie Berthiaume is the Director of Policy Debate at Chattahoochee High School (MA). She has coached teams to the elimination rounds of every major national tournament and has several teams qualified for the TOC. In high school, Maggie debated for The Blake School (MN), She was a rare three time qualifier for the TOC, and she reached the late elimination rounds of such major national tournaments as Harvard and the Glenbrooks. As a Dartmouth College debater, Maggie reached the semi-finals of CEDA nationals. In addition to her two first round at-large bids to the NDT, Maggie was also a three time NDT elimination round participant reaching the double octo-finals, then the octo-finals, and finally the quarter finals.
Robbie Quinn coaches at Montgomery Bell Academy. His teams have reached the late elimination rounds of a number of major tournaments and qualified for the TOC. While Robbie was coaching the University of Georgia, they have qualified multiple teams to the NDT and won numerous awards. As a Montgomery Bell Academy (TN) debater, Robbie Quinn was in the finals of Emory's Barkley Forum as well as both the Greenhill and Harvard Round Robin. More impressively, Robbie won the Northwestern, Glenbrooks and Iowa Caucus tournaments, as well as the TOC. As a University of Georgia debater, Robbie qualified for the NDT in the three years that he debated and reached the double octo-finals as a sophomore.
Harkins and Charles Olney
Harkins had an exceptional record debating for Lakeland High School in New York. As a debater at Dartmouth her success continued. She qualified for the National Debate Tournament three times, including receipt of a first round at-large bid, and reached the elimination rounds several times. She also debated in the elimination rounds of several CEDA Nationals. Caroline was one of the best researchers the Dartmouth program has ever had. She graduated from Dartmouth in 2009, and she deferred Yale Law School for a year while serving as an assistant coach for the Dartmouth Program.
Charles Olney coaches at Gonzaga University. He debated at Oak Harbor High School (WA), where he twice qualified for the TOC and advanced to late elimination rounds at a number of national tournaments including the semifinals of Berkeley and the quarterfinals at USC. Charles debated at Whitman College, where he received three first round at-large bids for the NDT, including twice being ranked among the top 5 teams in the country. Charles was the top speaker at the 2003 NDT, where he also reached the semifinals. He won a number of national college tournaments including Fullerton and the Dartmouth Round Robin, where he was also named the top speaker. In addition, he reached the quarterfinals or better of the CEDA National tournament all four years, making the finals in 2003. Since graduating Charles has coached at Michigan State University, Harvard, and Dartmouth. He has coached one NDT champion, two NDT semi-finalists, one NDT quarterfinalist, two NDT octo-finalists, and one NDT double octo-finalist, as well as eight teams who received first round at-large bid recipients to the NDT.
Kathryn Clark Kernoff and Alex Lamballe
Kathryn Clark Kernoff coached at the Bronx High School of Science. As a Valley High School (IA) debater, she twice qualified for the TOC and advanced to elimination rounds her senior year. She also was in late elimination rounds of several national tournaments, including the finals of Greenhill as well as the winning Blake and New Trier. Kathryn also won several speaker awards including 2nd place individual speaker at MBA and New Trier. As a Dartmouth debater, Kathryn received a first round at-large bid for the NDT three times and was twice ranked as one of the top 5 teams in the country. In addition to several very late elimination round appearances, Kathryn won the West Georgia tournament, won the Kentucky Round Robin twice, and also won the Dartmouth Round Robin. Kathryn cleared at the NDT three years in a row and is the only college debater to reach the final round of the CEDA national tournament for three consecutive years.
Alex Lamballe debated for Wake Forest University, where is is currently an assistant coach. He was a high school debater for Montgomery Bell Academy, twice qualifying for the TOC and winning the NFL national championship. Alex represented Wake Forest at the NDT four times, twice with first round at-large invitations. He won the 2008 NDT and finished second in 2009. His other tournament victories include the Kentucky Round Robin, USC, Fullerton, and West Georgia.
Rob Mulholand and Olsen
Rob Mulholand was very successful as a debater for Celebration High School (FL); he won a number of tournaments and qualified for the Tournament of Champions. He went on to debate at Northwestern University, where he reached the late elimination rounds of several major tournaments, including the finals of Georgia State. Rob received a first round at-large bid to the NDT, where he reached the quarterfinals. He is currently a graduate assistant coach at the University of Georgia.
While debating at Mountain View High School (AZ), Olsen qualified twice qualified for the TOC and NFL Nationals. He was in the late elimination rounds of national tournaments including Berkeley, USC, Redlands, Lexington and EGR. As a Dartmouth debater, Kade twice received a first round at-large bid for the NDT twice and was ranked as a top five team in the country. He won the Gonzaga, West Georgia, Kentucky Round Robin, and Liberty tournaments. Kade was second at the Kentucky Round Robin, West Georgia, Fullerton, Wake Forest, and CEDA nationals. He also was a top 10 speaker at a number of national tournaments. Kade was a finalist in the 2008 NDT. He is currently an an assistant coach at Dartmouth.
Varsha Ramakrishnan and John Turner
Varsha Ramakrishnan coaches at University School of Nashville (TN) and previously coached at Stratford Academy (GA). As a Vermillion high school debater in South Dakota she won the stat championship twice - one time as a sophomore. Her success continued as a debater at Michigan State University when she qualified for the NDT and reached late eliminations of tournaments such as Fullerton and Northwestern. She also won the Wayne State University debate tournament's costume contest for coming as an inflatable shark, but more prestigiously won Fullerton's annual Spirit of Forensic's award for her amiability. This kindness has won her the loyalty of all of her debaters, but it's her keen research and teaching skills that have earned her debaters unmatched winning records. Her teams have won the Greenhill and Pace Round Robin, earned 10 TOC bids in a single year, been top speaker of the TOC, and qualified to all of the national championship tournaments.
As a Beaverton High School (OR) debater, John Turner won the Oregon State Tournament as a second year debater. As a Dartmouth Debater, John was in late elimination rounds of several major national tournaments, including the finals of Harvard. He was awarded a first round at-large bid recipient to the NDT, reaching the octo-finals there and later the semi-finals of CEDA nationals. As a Dartmouth coach, John had teams to the late elimination rounds of major national tournaments, including the final round of CEDA nationals three times. In addition to coaching 12 teams to qualifying for the NDT, he has coached six first round at-large bid recipients, two NDT double octo-finalists, three NDT octo-finals and two NDT quarter-finalists. John is now a graduate assistant coach at the University of Georgia.
Nicole Serrano and Ken Strange
Nicole Serrano coaches at Montgomery Bell Academy. As a Nicolet (WI) debater, she reached the late elimination rounds of Wake Forest, Harvard, and NFL Nationals. She also qualified for the TOC. As a debater at Dartmouth College she reached the late elimination rounds of tournaments such as Northwestern, Wake Forest and Kentucky as well as winning the University of Northern Iowa tournament. As a high school coach, Nicole has coached two teams to the top 6 at NFL nationals, as well as coached a team to the semi-finals or better at every major national high school tournament, including the TOC. She has also coached students to numerous top ten speaker awards, including a top five speaker at the Glenbrooks, Harvard, Emory University's Barkley Forum, Massachusetts' State, and NFL's tournaments.
Ken Strange is the director of debate at Dartmouth College. He has coached eight teams to the finals of the NDT, including 3 NDT champions. He also coached about a dozen NDT semi- finalists, three CEDA Nationals finalists, and a number of top ten NDT speaker award winners. In every one of the 29 years that Ken has coached at Dartmouth, he has had at least one first round at-large team to the NDT, including five Copeland Award winners, and in each year he has had teams winning elimination rounds at the NDT.